Example sentences of "[vb past] [pron] [adv] [verb] the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Increasing dissatisfaction among both teachers and students led them frequently to ask the question , ‘ Why study at all ? ’ , with some justification . |
| 2 | One such example is : ( 189 ) … the cry which made me suddenly to re-enter the dimension of distinctness . |
| 3 | When Andrew returned he found himself almost asking the question , ‘ so how long have you been disabled ? ’ . |
| 4 | Worse than that the home team was behind in all but three of the matches on the course when a dramatic change in fortune occurred which completely transformed the match . |
| 5 | Although she felt a little guilty about letting him do it Sally found she quite liked the feel of his fingers stroking her flesh and teasing her nipples but when he tried to put his hand up her skirt beneath her scratchy petticoats she tried to stop him . |
| 6 | One of the practice 's vans was at her disposal , and Robbie found herself almost enjoying the drive . |
| 7 | It was n't difficult for Rachel to understand what her sister had seen in this man , and just for a moment she found herself reluctantly acknowledging the fact that if she did n't know what she did about him she too would find him very attractive . |
| 8 | He mentioned he often gets the coaching bug , I say Leeds should give him the opportunity to get more involved in that side now . |
| 9 | None of this abated Joseph McCarthy 's crusading zeal in the Spring of 1950 when he found he suddenly had the ear of the nation . |
| 10 | I found it best to suspend the tube containing the eggs as soon as the embryo could be seen inside . |
| 11 | Lacking nose-wheel steering , directional control is achieved by differential braking , but this was not difficult after a few initial experimental wiggles — although even at the end of the day I still found myself pointlessly pushing the rudder pedals on the corners . |
| 12 | I 'd have taken in lodgers only for the war , but the solicitor advised me just to close the place up for the time being . |
| 13 | The German Friends of the Earth 's people told me never to do the washing on Monday mornings . |
| 14 | ‘ I told yer ter open the door wide , not ter get behind it , ’ he chuckled . |
| 15 | Rory was late for their appointment , and when he arrived , Holdfast told him dourly to close the door and join him at the biggest table . |
| 16 | If he became excitable , I advised they gently apply the brake on the lead and calm Moby down with quiet words and perhaps a short ‘ sit ’ , before leading him off toward the dog or person again , allowing Moby to become used to their presence . |
| 17 | Binning , of North Evington , Leics , claimed she accidentally dropped the baby . |
| 18 | The time had come and Ruth stood up , so nervous and overwrought she nearly dragged the damask tablecloth with her . |
| 19 | In the Janacek second string quartet Intimate Letters that followed they really cracked the idiom , playing with a perceptive feel for the uniquely arhythmic phrasing that echoes that of the Czech language . |
| 20 | He kissed her clumsily to change the subject . |
| 21 | When hostilities began he merely wanted the regime to behave dynamically . |
| 22 | He opened the flying jacket and folded it then unzipped the tracksuit top . |
| 23 | He put out his hands almost against his will , took up one of the mallets and swung it testingly to get the feel of its balance , picked up a punch at random and applied its point , none too deftly because his hands were tremulous , to a half-defined fold of drapery in the nearest block of stone . |
| 24 | Just stuck it there to stop the door opening |
| 25 | Then the ‘ Spiegel affair ’ broke which finally made the Chancellor 's position untenable . |
| 26 | Louise Hignett , a stylist from Keith Hall the Hairdressers salon in Arnold , Nottingham , cut off the damaged ends and texturised it throughout to encourage the curl and take some of the weight out of it . |
| 27 | I later recorded he invariably used the idea of an ‘ escape from real work ’ to describe any research secondment ; in doing so he embodied the common institutional fear of uncontrolled social movement across a divide or boundary into another society such as academia . |
| 28 | The sound of the door being opened made her instinctively push the child aside from her . |
| 29 | And although 75 per cent of them thought 16 was the right time to start having sex , girls admitted they still made the mistake , often with drastic consequences , of saying Yes when they really meant No . |
| 30 | It was just such foolhardy behaviour that enabled me continually to miss the summit of Creag Meagaidh . |